Railroad-tie.



J. HORNUNG. RAILROAD TIE. APPLIOATION FILED .TAN.19, 1909.

- Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

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JOHN HORNUNG, OF-DRESDEN, OHIO.

RAILROAD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909.

Application filed January 19, 1909. Serial No. 478,076.

To all whm it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HORNUNG, a citizen of-the; United States, residing at Dresden, in the county of Muslringum and btate of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Railroad-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a railroad tie of simple, cheap and durable construction, the body or main portion of which can be manufactured out of standard material that is readily obtainable in the open market, said tie being provided, as hereinafter set forth, with cushioning blocks to receive the rails so as to lessen the noise and reduce the rigidity of the road.

The invention is embodied -in the construction hereinafter particularly set forth and pointed out in the claims, the invention not being confined in its embodiment to precisely the form of the parts shown.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure the rails Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a partial section vertically on the line w-w, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a partial section horizontally on the line ;1 3 Fig. 3.

Like characters of reference in the several views designate corresponding parts.

In said views the character 5 designates the tie body which consists of a piece of iron or steel I-beam of the proper length pressed or bent downward to extend outwardly at its ends to form seats for cushioning blocks 6 of wood or other suitable cushioning material. The blocks 6 can each be beveled at down by nuts its inner end as indicated by broken lines Fig. 1 to conform to the downwardly inclined surface presented at the bent portion of the I-beam. But said'blocks can be out off square at both ends. The character 7 designates the rails, which at one side are secured to the 'wooden blocks by means of thejnner metallic clamping blocks 8 held 9 on bolts 9, the latter having their. threaded ends extending upward through holes in the tie body, the ,wooden block and the said metallic block 8, said block 8 gripping the inner base flange of the rail. At the outer side the rails are secured by means of metallic clamping blocks 10;

held by nuts 11 on bolts 11 having their threaded ends 'extendiiig upward through holes in the tie body, the wooden block and the saidmetallic block 10, the said block ballasting, the web of the body gripping the outer base flan e of the rail. The bolt holes in the tie body 5 are preferably elongated, as seen at 5 in Fig. 4, and the shanks of the bolts where they enin said elongated holes so that, first, the rails can be shifted laterally to obtain the proper gage and allow for expansion and contraction, and, second, to permit the turning of the nuts without turning the'bolts.

The bolt holes in the cushioning blocks can be either circular and of a diameter to just receive the bolts, or they can be elon-' gated like the holes in the tie body 5. If they be made circular and the bolts fit closely in them the said block will of course be shifted with the bolts if they be shifted. If

the bolt holes in thecushioning blocks be made circular, as stated, the block should be made short enough to allow shifting inward if necessary.

The metallic blocks, as -10, can be made with fingers, as seen at 10,'e-xtendin downward and lying against the sides 0 the tie body to aid in- Looking them and thewooden blocks in place.

age said holes are preferably square to fit If desired, the lips Oftlle tie body at the.

crown can be pressed down flat, and to save material and allow tamping with a bar in can be cut out at its middle as seen at The form of the tie body when suitably embedded pre- .vents shifting of the tie laterally in the road bed.

The cushioning blocks are not necessarily made of natural wood. They can be made of any suitable cushioningmaterial, niacerated wood fiber or 'papier macho, for examples.

With my construction of tie body old wooden ties can be saved and used by cutting them up into the smaller pieces adapted to form the cushioning blocks herein referred to.

\Vhat I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent is:

1. A railroad tie, comprising, in combina tion, a tie body consisting of a piece of I- beam bent downward and outward at its ends to form seats, and cushioning blocks in said seats with means for securing them therein.

. 2. A railroad tie, comprising, in combination. a tie body consisting of a piece of I- beain bent downward and outward at its ends to form seats, cushioning blocks in said metallic blocks.

3. A railroad tie, comprising, in combination, a tie body consisting of a piece of I- bcam bent downward and outward at its ends to form seats, cushioning blocks in said seats, a metallic block to engage the base of the. rail having downwardly extending fingers to engage the tie'body, and means for securing the said metallic block, the cushioning block and tie-body togetl'zer.

4. A railroad tie, comprising, in combination, a tie-body consisting of a piece of I- beam bent downward and outward at its ends to form seat-s, rail-receiving cushioning blocksin said seats, means onsaid cushioning blocks to engage the rail and laterally adjustable bolts to secure the cushioning block, the rail engaging means and the tiebody together.

JOHN HORNUNG. VVitness-es Rom. M. FAR'IHING, J. V. LANNING. 

